LA CULTURA ORGANIZACIONAL EN EMPRESAS FAMILIARES: UNA REVISIÓN TEÓRICA

Abstract

The objective of this article is to systematically review the academic literature that deals with the organizational culture in the context of family businesses. For this purpose, search strings were defined, which allowed us to carry out the research in the citation indexes Web of Science, Scopus, Redalyc and Ebscohost. The results indicate that the investigations on the organizational culture in family businesses are mainly empirical, with a tendency towards quantitative studies and that, contemplate the application of scales oriented to explore the values on which this culture is based. From the perspective of family businesses, organizational culture is understood as a strategic resource, which is configured from an institutional approach and which, despite being more resistant to changes, can work better than the cultures of non-family companies, as well as promoting with more strength positive attitudes towards work and the continuous development of its workers. The challenges involved in the study of culture in family businesses are oriented to the need to undertake more studies of qualitative and / or multidisciplinary approach, promote research on this topic in the Latin American region, continue to explore the role of values, the comparison between family and non-family businesses and the relationship of culture with other management variables.